Re: [PLUG] broken X server

["Shameel Arafin" <algebraist@gmail.com>]

Haha, thanks Dave! (Nice use of 'use the force' ;) )

I came across --force-overwrite on some other forum, tried it, and resolved my issue.

Everything got installed, but my xorg.conf is having issues now -- apparently X cannot find, of all things, a mouse driver. I should be able to sort that out, but if not, I might have to post again.

Thanks again Dave.

Cheers,

S/

On 5/26/06, David A. Harding <harda@gnuisance.net > wrote:

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 11:49:52PM -0400, Shameel Arafin wrote:
> [...]
> Unpacking xcursor-themes (from .../xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb) ...
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb (--unpack):
>  trying to overwrite `/etc/X11/cursors/core.theme', which is also in
> package xlibs-data
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Not too sure about how to resolve this. Any ideas?

First, try running `apt-get -f install' a few more times.  Sometimes it
resolves things in stages.

If that doesn't work, you can use dpkg to override this error. Try the
command below.

        dpkg --force-overwrite \
          --install /var/cache/apt/archives/xcursor-themes_1.0.1-4_all.deb

If that command is successful, re-run `apt-get -f -install' until all
errors are resolved.

See also:
        man 1 dpkg ## search for ``force-things''
        dpkg --force-help

Use the force, Shameel!  :-)

-Dave
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